his Leading Cards, was now put to his Trumps. He attempts the Treacherous and Needy Ministers with long Bags of _Louisdo'rs,_ which were all ineffectual when his Arms cou'd do no more. 'Tis fresh in every true _Britains_ Memory, what strange Methods were taken to bring about the Peace, which quickly after ensued. I shall only mention as much of that Affair as is requisite to make it manifest, That _France_ had no consideration for the Pretender's Interest during that Treaty. The War was begun upon account of the _Spanish_ Monarchy; _France_ was reduc'd to the last extremity, and could hold out no longer, now the Consequence shou'd have been for _France_ to have surrender'd up King _Philip_'s Title; but on the contrary it was secur'd to him, and by what any one can conjecture on the Equivalent, that the Pretender should be banish'd _France_, and herafter neither directly nor indirectly be assisted by Force: Nay, so eagerly was _France_ bent upon this Project of securing _Spain_, _France_, and neglecting the Pretender, that 'tis well known he refus'd to be concern'd with those in _England_ who were willing to restore the Pretender. I shall not pretend to dive into the late Queen's Secrets, and how she was dispos'd that way. 'Tis well known she was not over real for the _Hanoverian_ Succession, and that the Pretender's Interest was the only one in competition with it. But where was the _French_ Zeal for the Pretender, when he had the Generalissimo and his Arms, the Secretary, the Treasurer, _&c._ all at his Devotion, and if the Pretender was not actually restor'd at that Juncture, the Remora cou'd be no where but on the _French_ Side, who had a longer reach in their Politicks than the Restoration of the Pretender. They saw clearly bringing that about wou'd create a Civil War in _England_, and be an occasion of renewing in _Germany_; now their Business was a sudden Peace, and a quiet Possession of _Spain_. And this is the real Spirit of Politics that govern'd the _French_ at the Peace of _Utrecht_. This kind of Management so disconcerted all the Pretenders Party who then govern'd the Queen, that they flew all in Pieces, astonish'd not to find the _French_ insist upon the Pretender's Right, as they had laid the Design. They inform against one another, and by their unseasonable and discontinued Animosities threw the Queen into an Agony of Fear, which afterwards usher'd in the Agony of Death. In the mean Time _France_ smil'd at the disorder, and hugg'd themselves in the noble Project of having lost every Battle in that Bloody War, and yet obtain'd what they fought for, as they had always been Victorious, whilst the poor Pretender was so little consider'd by _France_, that tho' the Ministry was ready to assert his Title, yet _France_ wav'd it and subscrib'd to his Banishment, least that Affair should ruin the Main Project.